My yeti is still under warranty but it needs new pads and discs on all corners.

If I carry out the work myself is my warranty void on the whole vehicle or just the brakes which aren't covered by the warranty anyway?

Just the brakes, which as you say will not be covered anyway (unless it’s a defective product... i.e. something broke)

If you go to an independent and use skoda parts then you have no warranty issues. If you do it yourself with all skoda parts and keep receipts you will probably be OK it is within the range of most DIY people if you are meticulously careful.

Shouldn't be any problem if you have the competence and tools .........why tell them anyway.

If you have nothing to claim they will just service the vehicle by-the-book and simply note the brakes are serviceable.

Thanks all, they are  trying to charge £550 on a vehicle which is 23 months old and 9K miles.

I am a qualified mechanical engineer so skills issues are not a problem.

 

Anyone tell me the best place for axle stands and can a trolley jack be used on the jacking points?

Change them and don't mention it unless they ask. They'll have forgotten by next year. They're not covered by warranty anyway so you won't really lose anything regardless. The worst they can probably do is refuse a claim on a dodgy caliper later on.

Yes, you can jack off the jacking points I have a rubber block with a slit in it that I put between the jack and sills. I know other people us a hockey puck with a cut in it, but a piece of wood will do too.

For stands, I use the front wishbone mounts. I can't recommend a place at the rear as I've never found one I'm happy with. Luckily I can jack my Subaru on the rear diff (don't do this on Yetis).

If I just need a quick wheel off job, I just pack under the jack with a large wedge of wood, so it has nowhere to collapse.

Following on from your other post on the Dealer & the replacement Discs & Pads.

 

Since you are a Qualified Mechanical Engineer,  how do the discs look.

Are they needing replaced or not, or a clean up, and new Brake pads required, 

or a Clean Up and good for another 10,000 miles?

Front ones look good with plenty of shiney metal showing, probably over 90% of the expected area, rear are worse abot 60%.

Although dealer says the front are worse!!

The pads are perfect.

Just taken on a 40 mile drive around the Scottish borders on deserted road, plenty of hard braking to a halt from 70MPH (not my style at all) with hands lightly on the wheel and they seem fine.

Thinking this may clean them up a bit.

Done the car a world of good as I drive like a wus anyway

Front ones look good with plenty of shiney metal showing, probably over 90% of the expected area, rear are worse abot 60%.

Although dealer says the front are worse!!

The pads are perfect.

This was one of the fronts on my Fabia that looked good from the outside but the inner was shot with no meat on the pad.

I thought they were OK until I got an advisory on the MOT and was shocked when I removed the wheel to change them.

mine are nowhere as bad as that and pads are perfect.

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And this is the worst one and worst side too.

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IMO You are as well to get them off and new ones on before the winter since your cars sits about & new discs really are not expensive & the braking systems needs some TLC & a bit of Lubrication in the right places with the correct products.

 

http://eurocarparts.com

http://livingstonautoparts.co.uk

how about naming and shaming your dealer?

how about naming and shaming your dealer?

 

TBH I would be changing those discs as well.

As someone else said - check the inside faces, mine were much, *much* worse on the insides. Shockingly bad.

Just had my brakes checked by two garages, one brake specialist and specialist supplier of brake parts who has full brake diagnostic facilities.

All four reported that there is nothing to suggest that the brakes need replacing at all.

So how on earth can a dealer want to charge me nearly £600 to replace the lot?

 

This is the second time this dealerships service centre has screwed up, the first time was faillling to re-programe by computer after they fitted the westfalia tow bar an electics.

On that occasion the Service Manager refused to accept that the work should have been done and it was the first time he had heard of it.

Skoda UK sent me voucher for a free service on this occasion because of the many many phone calls and visits I made to sort this out.

 

Will I get into trouble if I name and shame the bad guy and praise the good ones?

 ^ message in there somewhere!!!   -  just name the location it simple then!

Just had my brakes checked by two garages, one brake specialist and specialist supplier of brake parts who has full brake diagnostic facilities.

All four reported that there is nothing to suggest that the brakes need replacing at all.

So how on earth can a dealer want to charge me nearly £600 to replace the lot?

 

This is the second time this dealerships service centre has screwed up, the first time was faillling to re-programe by computer after they fitted the westfalia tow bar an electics.

On that occasion the Service Manager refused to accept that the work should have been done and it was the first time he had heard of it.

Skoda UK sent me voucher for a free service on this occasion because of the many many phone calls and visits I made to sort this out.

 

Will I get into trouble if I name and shame the bad guy and praise the good ones?

Not a Skoda but similar "try on" by dealer. My wife bought a Fiat Panda demonstrator from a local dealer with 1500 miles on the clock and every time she took it in for service they said she need new front tyres we declined their "offer" and when the time came for MOT we took it to a tyre specialist who also did MOT and servicing. We asked them to do a pre-MOT inspection without telling what the dealer had said. When we collected it they had replaced a h/lamp bulb and windscreen wiper blades there was no comment about tyres so we specifically asked. No problem they replied! I would have expected a tyre expert to jump at the chance to sell us tyres.

We never went back to that dealer and she now has a Mii Sport and is very happy with it. :sun:

 

Fred

Just goes to show that you simply can't trust what some dealers say.  Obviously more interested in taking money from you than providing a decent service.  Typical isn't it?  Name and shame on the dealer's section of the forum and make sure Skoda UK are aware of what has gone on.

And this is the worst one and worst side too.

They describe that as 'Dangerous and unsafe', that's plain scare mongering, if it was mine I'd just go over them with some strip & clean

 

http://catalogue.3m.co.uk/en_gb/gb-asd/Abrasive_Discs/Clean_and_Strip_Discs

 

remove the pads, face them up with some abrasive paper and reassemble the calipers using some silicon grease on the slider pins and copper slip grease on the back of the pads and the pad sliders.

 

You may need a rewind tool for the rear calipers.

Dealer has asked me to take the car in again, the MD needs to look at it.

I had a similar issue with our previous car,low mileage 1998 Polo,which I bought as my daughter was starting Uni.170 miles away.The primary reason for the purchase was for transporting her and chattels and also for visits.I took the Polo into the local VAG centre in Canterbury and had the famous 150 point test to ease any doubts I still had.The car had 45,000 miles,fully VAG service history and was owned by a Doctor who used the pool car for house visits.The out come was one windscreen wiper would need replacing soon.

Within the next six months the MOT passed with a "charge" of £52;00 for replacing the two connectors on the horn.The advisory list was more interesting,new discs needed soon,parts of the suspension needed replacing very soon amongst other things.

I took the car to a local,independent,well respected garage.The result being no to all the advisory items for at least the next 10,000 miles,assuming "normal" motoring.

I approached the VAG centre for an explanation to which the service manager,straight faced,told me,"We always tend to be more cautious than "other" service outlets". My remonstrations about "Dodgy f*****g dealers" apparently didn't convey my total displeasure with them,they still phoned a few months later suggesting the car was due the items suggested on the list.

Just had my brakes checked by two garages, one brake specialist and specialist supplier of brake parts who has full brake diagnostic facilities.

All four reported that there is nothing to suggest that the brakes need replacing at all.

So how on earth can a dealer want to charge me nearly £600 to replace the lot?

I'm a bit confused.  You say you are a qualified mech eng but you haven't had a look yourself?... and then you stuff around going to 4 different places rather than simply having a look yourself when at garage #1?

 

Many dealerships are quite conservative with brake replacement recommendations because:

a) they don't know how hard you are on brakes

people really get dirty if they run out of brakes before the next service is due

c) brakes are a safety item so it's really easy to scare people into getting the work done early

My experience of the Yeti's rear brakes is that they do very little work even under hard braking and that's why they go rusty so quickly. Even the handbrake is pretty ineffective although it passes the MOTs.

Smaller discs on the rear are required and larger ones on the front!

 

Norry

Could it be that the calliper doesn't 'float' due to corrosion, but that would show up as uneven pad wearable.